Bank of Mexico: High inflation may affect economic activities.Major European stock indexes closed down across the board, and major European stock indexes closed down across the board. The German DAX index fell 0.19% to 20386.88 points, up 0.01% this week. The French CAC40 index fell 0.29% to 7399.07 points, down 0.37% this week; Britain's FTSE 100 index fell 0.14% to 8300.33, down 0.1% this week.Francois bayrou, the new French Prime Minister: Reducing French debt is a moral obligation.
The pharmacy chain WBA rose to 4%. It is reported that Sycamore Partners LP is arranging a debt financing plan for the acquisition of WBA. Sycamore has contacted lenders such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.Brazil's central bank will provide at least $1 billion in spot dollar auctions. The decline of the Brazilian real against the US dollar narrowed.European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of military expenditure. On December 12th, the Financial Times reported that some European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of national defense expenditure in their gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% to 3%, which will bring budgetary pressure to many European countries.
Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.Zambian President Cillema met with Shao Hong, and Zambian President Cillema met with Shao Hong, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of CPPCC in Lusaka on the 12th.President of Georgia: I don't intend to leave the presidential palace after my term expires.